Pre/Alg


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Daily Warm up 17

Review NEW CONCEPT Math Vocabulary (15 min)

  1. Order of operation: rules for performing mathematical operation in expressions having more than one operation.
  2. Mathematical expression: a combination of numbers and symbols.
  3. Evaluate: to find the value of an expression

Discuss PEMDAS (10 min)

If the expression consists of parenthesis, exponents, +, –, × and ÷, then the operations MUST be performed in the following order.

  • Always work on the calculations within parenthesis first if any.

  • Next, calculate the exponents.

  • Then, carry out multiplication or division, working from left to right.

  • Lastly, do addition or subtraction, working from left to right.


The order to perform combined operations is called the PEMDAS rule.

Note: A common way for you to remember PEMDAS is the following:

  • Please

  • Excuse

  • My

  • Dear

  • Aunt

  • Sally.


Finish Worksheet #2

Do Work Sheet #2
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Rules of Exponents (15 min)

Exponents are shorthand for repeated multiplication of the same thing by itself. For instance, the shorthand for multiplying three copies of the number 5 is shown on the right-hand side of the "equals" sign in (5)(5)(5) = 53. The "exponent", being 3 in this example, stands for however many times the value is being multiplied. The thing that's being multiplied, being 5 in this example, is called the "base".
This process of using exponents is called "raising to a power", where the exponent is the "power". The expression "53" is pronounced as "five, raised to the third power" or "five to the third". There are two specially-named powers: "to the second power" is generally pronounced as "squared", and "to the third power" is generally pronounced as "cubed". So "53" is commonly pronounced as "five cubed".



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Daily Warm up 18

Worksheet #3.

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  • Do pages 47-48 #1-12 in your work book.

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Daily Warm up #19, 1-15
  • Do all Problems:
1. 2 × 0 × (5 + 3) - 3
2. (2 - 6) - 4
3. 5 - 4 - 2 - (4 + 6)
4. 0 + 3 + 0
5. 2 - 6 - 6
6. 1 × 5 - 6 × (4 - 2) - 5
7. 5 × (6 × 3) + 2 - 1 + 5
8. 3 × (0 + 5)
9. 6 + 1 - (3 - 5) - 6
10. 3 + 3 - 2 - (1 × 1) × 1
11. 1 - (0 × 5) - 1
12. (2 - 3) - 6
13. (5 × 4) × 2
14. 1 + 2 + 2 × 4
15. 6 + 5 + 6 - 3 × 2

Worksheet #4

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  • Do pages 49-50 #1-23 in your work book.